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Gingrich’s Anti-Secularism Greatest Hits

By Sarah Posner

…rs, and who, like Gingrich, claims to also be a historian. At Rick Perry’s August The Response, Garlow said the event was not about whether Perry became president, but rather “about making Jesus king.” To contrast his “godliness” to that of President Obama’s, Gingrich has claimed that the Obama administration is a “secular, socialist regime” and “the most radical administration in U.S. history.” Just today, Gingrich maintained that the Occupy move…

You Are Not Your Star Sign

By Spencer Dew

…, “Dude, I’m a Leo and always will be a Leo, no matter where the sun is on August 5th,” is not merely reacting to a potential shake-up of the way we map the stars; he’s insisting that a certain system of sense-making has practical use for navigating his daily life. Star signs function as totems, markers of tribal identity and true self, while, through a dynamic of self-fulfilling prophecy, allowing individuals to shape their own behavior according…

“Persecuted” Christians in China

By Kathryn Joyce

…abortions and have no voice, we are your voice.” In an unusual display of laxity by China, which is rarely tolerant of protesters—particularly domestic dissenters—the three were questioned and quickly released after their first protest. Nonetheless, US anti-abortion groups dispensed hand-wringing press releases at the 14-hour silence following the group’s arrest, before the three were flown home at China’s expense. Claiming to be persecuted has b…

Conviction of FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Overturned

By Joanna Brooks

…Arizona community of Short Creek, as well as with the movement of a select number of FLDS members to the faith’s remote compound in Eldorado, Texas. Jeffs will stand a new trial in Utah scheduled to begin on August 23, and he faces extradition to Texas. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is also being pressured to review state rape statutes to better deal with the situation of arranged underage marriages in polygamous communities. Two days after…

Innocent Until Proven Muslim — A Q&A with Dr. Maha Hilal

By Habiba Farh

…you describe it this way? Dr. Maha Hilal: There are a lot of reasons why. Number one: the protests were significant. Unfortunately, White Americans don’t understand the gravity of this country’s violence, even though it’s happening in the backdrop, every single day. Around that time, people were talking about the 1033 program,[4] and how the War on Terror was coming home. I thought that was interesting because the War on Terror has been at home….

Summer Brings Competing Marriage Tours

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…home, FTM will shadow NOM’s planned summer tour route, starting July 14 in Augusta, Maine, and ending on August 15 in Washington DC. Crawford said they’re not looking to get into shouting matches with NOM; instead, FTM sees this as a chance to set the record… well… straight. “What we’re really seeing this as is a fantastic opportunity to tell stories about the lives of gay and lesbian couples and put a positive spotlight on why marriage is so impo…

“I Want My Country Back!”: The Demography of Discontent

By Wade Clark Roof

Throughout August and September, we have seen pictures of angry protesters in town meetings and, most recently, in the streets of Washington. As judged by their pictures, they are predominately older, white, male, born-again Christians. Their signs point to a mix of frustrations: what could happen to the health care they have, the future of the free market, big government and its spending, bailing out the banks and auto industry, death panels, so…

Sikh Temple Shooting: Two Massacres and the Virtual Transformation of Trauma

By Shruti Devgan

…massacre in Wisconsin unfolded in real time for thousands of spectators on August 5, 2012—almost simultaneously, one could hear Sikh voices expressing shock and outrage at what was happening on Facebook, Twitter, and Sikh mailing lists. Compare this to what happened over 25 years ago. In November of 1984 more than 3,000 Sikhs were killed in the capital city of India and adjoining areas, in violence that was backed by members of the ruling politica…

Jesus, Gentrification, and the Hypocrisy of “Diversity”: An Interview with D.L. Mayfield

By Kaya Oakes

…rom a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering Faith D.L. Mayfield HarperCollins August 2016 Mayfield and I met this summer at the Glen Workshop in Santa Fe, where I was teaching a class on spiritual writing. My own experiences with missionary stories as a Catholic had been colored by the bleak history of Catholic missions in California, where I grew up, and where scores of Native Americans died due to the missionary efforts of the recently canonized Ju…

Arrests Made in Murders of Atheist Bloggers in Bangladesh, But Int’l Response to Violence Remains Anemic

By Murali Balaji

…-profile murders of several atheist and secular bloggers in Bangladesh. On August 6, Niloy Chatterjee was hacked to death in his home by armed assailants, a murder in which Ansar al-Islam, a group tied to Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility. This follows the public murders earlier this year of Avijit Roy, Washiqur Rahman, and Ananta Bijoy Das, all of whom had publicly criticized Bangladesh’s growing intolerance towards non-Muslims, secular Muslims, a…